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No. 20 Maryland Terrapins (37-19, 17-7 B1G) Michigan State Spartans (32-20, 12-12 B1G)
May 23, 2023
Omaha, NY (Charles Schwab Field)
6:00 pm EDT
College Park, MD – No. 1 seed Maryland baseball will open postseason play against No. 8 Michigan State on Tuesday, May 23 at 6:00 p.m. Every Big Ten Tournament game will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network and live updates will be available @Terpsbaseball On Twitter.
This week’s stories
The match
- No. 1 seed Maryland baseball will open postseason play against No. 8 Michigan State on Tuesday, May 23 at 6:00 p.m. Every Big Ten Tournament game will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network and the Maryland Baseball Network.
- Maryland is tied with Michigan State for 16th overall and third in the Big Ten Tournament. The Terps haven’t faced the Spartans in the postseason since 2016, when Michigan State won 4-3 in Omaha, Nebraska.
- Michigan State (32-20) comes into the postseason after taking two of three games from No. 2 seed Indiana to advance to the Big Ten Tournament. The Spartans have a winning record in 2023 at neutral sites, with a 5-4 record.
- Junior Brook Vradenburg leads the Spartans offensively in hits (81), home runs (13), RBI (66), slugging percentage (.730) and OPS (1.218).
Week by week
- Maryland won its second straight Big Ten Championship and 22nd straight conference title after winning two games out of three in the final series of the regular season against Penn State. The Terps became the first Big Ten team to win back-to-back Big Ten titles since Indiana in 2013-14.
- Maryland has two of three games against Minnesota. The Terps dropped Friday night’s matchup, but ended the weekend with a 29-14 win over the Golden Gophers in the two-game winning streak.
- The Terps claim two of three games against Nebraska in College Park. The streak ended with a 20-5 victory Sunday over the Cornhuskers, who clinched the series. Nick Loruso Breaking the single season RBI record with his 84th RBI of the season.
- Maryland traveled to Bloomington, Indiana, sweeping the Hoosiers with three major victories. The Terps outscored Indiana 43-12 and collected nine home runs and 50 hits in the three-game series.
- Maryland, with Purdue in College Park, claims two of three. Eddie Hakopian He earned Player of the Week honors after leading the team with six hits, two home runs and five RBI.
- The Terps won the They won their 18th straight conference series in 2021, winning two of three at Ohio State in Columbus. Pitching led the way for the Terps Jason Savacol And Nick Dean He continued to be strong on the mound, and Dave Falco had two hits in the series on Friday and Saturday.
- Maryland claimed its fifth straight win after going two-for-three in its Big Ten home opener against Rutgers. The Terps have used quality outings from starters Jason Savacol And Nick Dean to pull off two tight wins on Friday (6-4) and Saturday (4-3).
- The Terps began conference play by going two of three against 22 Iowa at Duane Banks Field. The series saw the Terps come back from a five-run deficit in a back-and-forth battle on Friday Matt Shaw He hit a 507-foot grand slam to reclaim the Terp lead.
- Maryland took two-of-three against UCF in the year’s final non-conference series in Orlando, Fla. The Terps dropped Friday night’s game and scored 24 runs over the next two games to take the series 8-6 on Sunday.
- The Terps claimed two of three at Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium in Albany. Nick Loruso He was a consistent force at the plate for the Terps on the weekend, hitting .455 with a triple and five RBI.
- Maryland claimed its first series of the 2023 campaign, taking all three games against Maine. The streak was highlighted by a 25-run blast Friday night that included back-to-back home runs. Nick Loruso And Matt Shaw in both the first and third innings.
- Maryland won 8-3 at Delaware in the middle of the week. Ian Petrus He hit his fifth home run in the first eight games. Elias Lambros His third home run broke a two-run streak as a Terp.
- Maryland traveled to Oxford, Mississippi to go 1-for-3 against the then-No. 4 Ole Miss Rebels in a weekend series. Ian Petrus And Jason Savacol Petruz led the Terps into Friday night as he went 3-for-4 in his second great season, with two runs scored and four RBI. Savacool was dynamite on the mound, striking out nine Ole Miss hitters in seven innings, giving up one earned run and two total runs.
- The Terps opened 2023 with a back-to-back win over South Florida. The weekend was highlighted by a three-game winning streak for Maryland.
The main news of the day
- Maryland captures its second straight Big Ten title, becoming the first Big Ten team to win back-to-back Big Ten titles since Indiana in 2013-14.
- Matt Shaw He broke the Terp’s all-time home run record with his 44th blast against Georgetown on Wednesday, April 26 at the National Youth Academy. The record was previously held by Paul Shager, who hit 43 at Maryland from 1984 to 1987.
- Luke Sliger He continues to lead the Terps in OBP (.519), runs scored (87) and walks (60) and ranks fourth in hits (71). The Danbury, Connecticut native currently leads the nation in rushing, passing Dylan Crews from LSU.
- High Nick Loruso He is on pace for one of the best individual seasons in Maryland baseball history as he leads the team in hits (89), RBI (96) and batting average (.376).
- On Sunday, May 7, Lorusso tied Maryland’s single-season program RBI record, hitting his 84th of the season and surpassing Derek Hakopian’s previous mark of 83.
- With six RBI over the Terps’ last three games, LoRusso passed Indiana’s Mike Smith (1992) for the Big Ten single-season RBI record.
- Loresso’s 96 RBIs are the most by any Division I college baseball player since 2003, when Billy Betcher had 118 for New Mexico State.
- The Terps continue to be one of the best teams in the nation in bases-clearing hits, leading the Big Ten and ranking second with 119 home runs.
- A total of six terps, Elias Lambros (14) Nick Loruso (21) Ian Petrus (13) Matt Shaw (23) Luke Sliger (11) and Matt Woods (11) Has hit 10-plus home runs so far this season.
Popular in the preseason
- Maryland It enters the 2023 season as a consensus top-25 program and the No. 13 team in the country according to D1Baseball.
- three times, Jason Savacol, Matt Shaw And Luke Sliger Each earned preseason All-American honors. The trio received recognition from D1Baseball, Perfect Game and Collegiate Baseball News. Shaw was also named a preseason All-American by Baseball America.
- Juniors Luke Sliger (Number 1) Matt Shaw (No. 3) and Jason Savacol (No. 10) are each ranked in the Top-10 by D1Baseball heading into the 2023 campaign.
- Maryland They enter 2023 after winning their first Big Ten championship in 2022 and their first conference title in more than half a century since the Terps won the ACC in 1971. It was Maryland’s fifth conference crown overall.
- The Terps return 15 players from last year’s team, including six Big Ten honorees (Jason Savacol, Nick Loruso, Matt Shaw, Kevin Keister, Luke SligerAnd Nick Dean).
- Maryland welcomes incoming transfers. Matt Woods (Bryant), Elias Lambros (South Carolina) Tommy Kane (rowan) Eddie Hakopian (Cyprus College) and Neti Habertha (Ohio State), all of whom made an immediate impact in College Park this season.
Connect with the coaches
- Sixth year head coach Rob Vaughan He is back at the helm after winning the Big Ten Championship and Conference Coach of the Year honors last season. Vaughn is 178-115 (.606) as the Terps’ head coach.
- Matt Swope And Anthony Papio Returning to the bench for Maryland this year, they bring great experience as Terrapin baseball alumni and veteran coaches on staff.
- Mike Morrison He is back for his second season with the Terps as an assistant. Morrison joined the staff from Coastal Carolina in 2011. He won a national championship as a player in 2016 and spent two years as the Chantillys’ director of player development and scouting as well as interim pitching coach.
- Former Maryland baseball player Tommy Gardiner He will return to the staff and serve as director of player development after spending four seasons playing under Vughn, Swope and Papio.
Supporter information
- Every game in the 2023 Big Ten Tournament will be available live on the Big Ten Network.
- Stream links are available at umterps.com.
- The contest central page can be accessed by clicking here.
- You can listen to the Terps live on the Maryland Baseball Network by clicking here.
- You can follow the Terps on social media using the handle @TerpsBaseball on Instagram and Twitter.
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